#BC9A9E#BC9A9E

#BC9A9E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.041 H 10.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A9E
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(353, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(353, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 13.26, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 13.52, 11.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0402 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.041 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4661, 36.2725, 37.3162)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A9E #9ABCB8

analogous

#BC9AAF #BC9A9E #BCA79A

triadic

#BC9A9E #9EBC9A #9A9EBC

tetradic

#BC9A9E #AFBC9A #9ABCB8 #A79ABC

square

#BC9A9E #AFBC9A #9ABCB8 #A79ABC

split-complementary

#BC9A9E #9ABCA7 #9AAFBC

monochromatic

#84585D #A4757B #BC9A9E #D4BFC1 #EDE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BC9A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BC9A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A9E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A9E	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.041 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ba',
    500: '#bc9a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a9e;
$custom-light: #d0b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.04083,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A9E

secondary

#D4DEDD

accent

#9F9447

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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